scariest moment of your life?

mr_fegelien · 09-08-2019 02:07PM #1

not some paranormal ****e but something like losing your job and the mortgage, cancer scare etc..

Boom_Bap · 09-08-2019 02:09PM

when the bag of Chilli Heatwave Dorito's I was buying from a vending machine got stuck.

gifted · 09-08-2019 02:10PM

When the hot neighbour nearly opened her wardrobe door....jesus that was a close one...

Dr. Bre · 09-08-2019 02:10PM

Getting married

09-08-2019 02:12PM

As a passenger on a bus hurtling through the mountains of Laos, driven by a man clearly on amphetamines.

xzanti · 09-08-2019 02:12PM

Waiting for my newborn son to cry.

His oxygen levels were low. He was fine after a few mins.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 09-08-2019 02:12PM

I fell from a cliff on to a narrow ledge some 30ft below many years ago. Passed out and woke to a helicopter coming to my rescue. As I fell I thought I would die.

Other than that I found the anxiety that all would go well around the birth of our children quite scary.

09-08-2019 02:13PM

Jumping from an aeroplane, wondering if the parachute would deploy.

Boom_Bap · 09-08-2019 02:13PM

when i couldn't pierce the hole in the Capri Sun with the straw

razorblunt · 09-08-2019 02:15PM

mr_fegelien wrote: »

not some paranormal ****e but something like losing your job and the mortgage, cancer scare etc..

I bought a house in a ghost estate.

Wanderer78 · 09-08-2019 02:16PM

Earthquake

Wanderer78 · 09-08-2019 02:16PM

Deleted User wrote:

Jumping from an aeroplane, wondering if the parachute would deploy.

A close second after my first

banie01 · 09-08-2019 02:17PM

When my 1st wife collapsed, she never woke up.
Everything, and I mean everything I thought I valued, every plan we'd made and every hope we had for our future.

Gone, in the snap of a finger.
That scariest moment was then rinsed and repeated for a few years, as every single morning...
I'd wake up forgetting what had happened, roll over notice her side that of the bed hadn't been slept in...
And then get scared all over again wondering howd I get through the day without her.

But I did, so did our little guy and we are still here and the fear has, I'm glad to say gone

For the most part at least :P

razorblunt · 09-08-2019 02:18PM

There's a strange moment where you go from being a nervous wreck of a Dad-to-be in the leadup to going into hospital for your wife to give birth to the "I swear, if there's a God, let him be ok, take me instead" thoughts that come into your head as soon as anything goes slightly wrong.

That was a massive emotional switch.

09-08-2019 02:18PM

a clown came full speed towards me down the dual carriageway the wrong way at the N4 in Mullingar a few years ago

had the full reaction- slo-mo, saw it all unfold, had time to wonder was he asleep, suicidal, drunk, whatever

car was full so i had time to think of the others in it including my kid niece

about three or four seconds in total from spotting him, realising it was happening and finding space to move out of his road

got into hard shoulder and kept from going off or hitting any of the other vehicles getting out of the lane to avoid him, pulled over as soon as i could to call cops and take a breather

took me a few hours to get over it tbh

TheValeyard · 09-08-2019 02:18PM

Your child very sick in hospital. Never want to experience anything like that again.

I'd also add I was held at gunpoint before, but a sick kid was far worse experience.

banie01 · 09-08-2019 02:18PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

when i couldn't pierce the hole in the Capri Sun with the straw

That's not Capri-sun...
That's a junkie training kit :P

mr_fegelien · 09-08-2019 02:19PM

Jaxx Helpless Top wrote: »

I fell from a cliff on to a narrow ledge some 30ft below many years ago. Passed out and woke to a helicopter coming to my rescue. As I fell I thought I would die.

Other than that I found the anxiety that all would go well around the birth of our children quite scary.

I'd rather die tbh from a fall than survive but get paralyzed. Your legs okay??

Boom_Bap · 09-08-2019 02:21PM

I ordered a pair of runners online and they arrived in the wrong size.

eviltwin · 09-08-2019 02:21PM

Arriving at the scene of a fatal car accident just after it happened. The victim was only 15. We had the job of covering his face and sitting with him until emergency services arrived.

Admitting I'd been abused to my family was another one but for a lot of different reasons

eviltwin · 09-08-2019 02:22PM

banie01 wrote: »

When my 1st wife collapsed, she never woke up.
Everything, and I mean everything I thought I valued, every plan we'd made and every hope we had for our future.

Gone, in the snap of a finger.
That scariest moment was then rinsed and repeated for a few years, as every single morning...
I'd wake up forgetting what had happened, roll over notice her side that of the bed hadn't been slept in...
And then get scared all over again wondering howd I get through the day without her.

But I did, so did our little guy and we are still here and the fear has, I'm glad to say gone
For the most part at least :P

I'm so sorry for your loss

Gwen Cooper · 09-08-2019 02:24PM

A 3-year old I was babysitting fell and rolled down the stairs. I was watching him in slow motion and couldn't do anything. I was certain he broke his neck because he didn't make a sound. Then to my relief he got up, looked at me whit a big smile, but as he was turning around, he lost his balance and rolled down the other half of the stairs. He was fine but I'm still traumatized.

Graces7 · 09-08-2019 02:25PM

scary in a different way.... seeing my landlord walking purposefully up the drive with a letter in his hand and "knowing" it was an eviction notice.

scary; being driven 60 miles by a social worker to the hospital after the police had knocked at the door ( and opening the door was ..) to tell me my mother had been in a road accident... and seeing the Sister's face when we got there.

banie01 · 09-08-2019 02:25PM

eviltwin wrote: »

I'm so sorry for your loss

Thanks ET, it's been quite a while now, 12yrs and I'm not trying to thanks whore.
More show that if the shít hits the fan, no matter how bad you think it may be.
We can prevail and life can be good again.

Feisar · 09-08-2019 02:25PM

When my wife was sent for a section, turned into an emergency and I wasn't let in.

GBX · 09-08-2019 02:28PM

The moment of impact as somebody pulled out in front of my motorbike. Walked out of A&E few hours later with a broken hand.

Wanderer2010 · 09-08-2019 02:30PM

Coming off Lexapro, absolutely terrifying place to be in your mind. Crying, full of suicidal thoughts, your brain gets little electric shocks every now and then and the world is a flat grey place. Would never ever take it again.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 09-08-2019 02:30PM

banie01 wrote: »

When my 1st wife collapsed, she never woke up.
Everything, and I mean everything I thought I valued, every plan we'd made and every hope we had for our future.

Gone, in the snap of a finger.
That scariest moment was then rinsed and repeated for a few years, as every single morning...
I'd wake up forgetting what had happened, roll over notice her side that of the bed hadn't been slept in...
And then get scared all over again wondering howd I get through the day without her.

But I did, so did our little guy and we are still here and the fear has, I'm glad to say gone
For the most part at least :P

That is heartbreaking. I’m so sorry.

I mean, I’m terminally ill but we get to say our goodbyes.

Porklife · 09-08-2019 02:31PM

banie01 wrote: »

Thanks ET, it's been quite a while now, 12yrs and I'm not trying to thanks whore.
More show that if the shít hits the fan, no matter how bad you think it may be.
We can prevail and life can be good again.

Inspirational and something I really need to hold on to and remember. I spend far too much time dwelling on the past and wishing for it to be different.
I'm also sorry for your loss.

Aceandstuff · 09-08-2019 02:32PM

I was almost suffocated to death aged 12. I was being crushed into a steel bar just under the ribs and couldn't breathe for a few minutes. I was standing up and could feel all the blood rushing to my head. There was no way to escape, as about fifteen lads were queued up behind and beside me, between the wall and the bar, all pushing against me on purpose. Two of my (at the time) friends were stuck behind them in the queue and were trying to get it to stop, but it was a small space, and there were too many of them in the way. They saw me almost die.

sydthebeat · 09-08-2019 02:34PM

being mugged and beaten by 4 black dudes in a particular European city, i was on the ground actually expecting to feel a knife slice me open, thankfully that didnt happen.

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